Group Demands COVID-19 Status Of 35 Senators Who Recently Visited London

(AFRICAN
EXAMINER) – A group, Civil Society Coalition Against COVID-19 (CISCAC) has
called on the 35 senators who recently attended a three-day international
training programme in London to go for Coronavirus test.

The
coalition in a statement addressed by its Convener, Dr Nwambu Gabriel, in Abuja
on Tuesday, demanded that the result of the test be made public in five days.

The
group recalled that the 35 Senators, who were members of the Senate Committee
on Petroleum Resources Upstream, attended the training organised by the Skills
and Career Support Centre, London, between March 13 and March 15.

“These
35 Senators, even with the possibility of being infected with the dreaded
COVID-19, found their way into the Senate chambers and continued plenary,
thereby exposing other Senators to chances of contacting the global pandemic,”
the group said.

It
noted that, as at the time of the writing, these 35 Senators, who are public
servants, had not undergone any form of test to ascertain their health status.

The
statement which was also signed by the Secretary of the coalition, Malam Ali
Danjuma, said that the federal lawmakers have rather continued to endanger the
residents of the FCT and other Nigerians.

“We
demand that the 35 Senators who travelled to London be made to check their
COVID-19 status and such test should be made public within five days.

“We
might be compelled to mention the names of these Senators at the expiration of
the above-mentioned time limit,” it said.

The coalition
also advised the FCT administration to avail the residents of the territory and
Nigerians the information of areas where positive COVID-19 patients were
treated.